Mop



.. Patented Mar. l, 1927.

ALEXANDER PATENT oFF ic E..

MAszczYx, or` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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vApplication led March 13, 1925. Serial No. 15,314.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in mop holders andmore particularly to a mop hold-er with adjustable y means for retainingthe mop cloth in position upon the holder. The main objectof myinvention is the provision of av mop holder which includes adjustableclamping meansfor retaining the mop clothin position relative to theholder while in useand so arranged that the cloth may be quickly andreadily removed and replaced by a new one when so desired. L

Another object of my invention is the provision of a mop holderincluding a supporting frame having adjustable means slidably mounteduponthe frame for clamping a mop cloth between a portion of the frameand the slidable member together with novel means for retaining theadjustable member in position relative to the frame. The devicealsoincludes novel means attached thereto for eliminating the marking andscratching of the frame against woodwork when in use lith the above andother objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and the combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and shown inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a mop holder constructed in accordance withmy invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1, n

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and Y Fig. 4is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention, a substantially rectangular frame 1, theends of which .are arranged in converging relation as shown at 2 andthen extended in parallel relation as shown at 3 and adapted to befitted into the opposed grooves 4 of a two-part socket member 5. Thissocket member 5 is provided with semi-circular sections 6 formingareceiving socket for the handle 7 which is retained in position withinthe receiving socket by' means of a transverse pin 8.

Slidably mount-ed upon the side portions of the frame 1 is a clampingmember 9, the outermost and side edges of which are provided with achannel portion 10 adapted to receive the side portions of the frame 1 Iprovide and the outer transverse portion 11 of the frame.

Itwill be noted that the channel portions at the side of the clampingmember 9 are normally in engagement with the side portions of the frame1 so that the clamping member is slidafbly mountedupon the frame and canbe movedl toward the transverse portion '11 for clampingly engaging anarticle placed between the clamping member and the transverse portion.-

The clamping member is slidably mounted upon the outer end of'a rod 12which has its inner end fitted into the socket member centrally of thesame, said socket member having its sections connected by means of therivets 13 for retaining the inner end of the rod 12 and the parallelportions 3 in position. The rod 12 is provided upon opposite sidesthereof with transverse spaced grooves 14 and pivotally connected to therod 12 adjacent the clamping member 9 is a handle member 15 which hasopposed arcuate flanges 16 adapted to engage within the grooves 14 forretaining the clamping member in various adjusted positions. It will benoted from this construction that the clamping member 9 may be quicklyand readily released by moving the handle member 15 awayfrom the rod 12so as to disengage the opposed flanges 16 from the grooves 14 and thuspermitsliding movement of the clamping member on the-rod 12. It willalso be noted that when the clamping member 9 is positioned against anarticle placed between the transverse portion 11 and the clampingmember' 9, the outer ends of the flanges 16 will be engaged by any ofthe opposed grooves 14 and by forcing the handle member inwardly towardthe rod 12, the arcuate curvature of the flanges 16 will cause theclamping member 9 to be moved toward the transverse portion 11, thus^tightly clamping an article between the transverse portion 11 and theclamping member 9.

The clamping member 9 in opposite ends thereof is provided with spacedopenings 17 which are adapted to receive screw bolts 1S for clamping aguard member 19 over one side of the frame as shown in Figures 1 and 3.This guard member prevents the metal parts ofthe frame from coming incontact with the furniture or other woodwork while the mop is in use.

It will be appa-rent from the foregoing description that I have provideda simple s manufactured and placed and inexpensive mop holder whereinthe usual mop cloth may be quickly and readily changed when so desiredand when in position upon the frame is` securely retained againstmovement relative to the frame. It will also be noted that the holdercomprises very few parts so that the device can be upon the market at avery low cost.

Vhile I have shown and described the referred forni of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to 'for successfully carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting. Jiirom the scope oi' the appended claim.

Having thus described invention, what I claim is:

In combination, a handle having a socket at one end thereof, a rodextending iroIn the adjusting the clamping member handle and having anend portion confined in the socket and provided with a plurality ofopposed spaced grooves7 means securing the end portion in the socket, aframe connected t0 the handle, a clamping member having a substantiallychannel shaped portion adapted to cooperate with a portion of the frame:tor clamping a mop fabric between the channel shaped portion and saidportion of the frame, and an'operating member comprising a handlepivotally connected tothe clamping member and having opposite arcuatedflanges having end portions adapted to selectively engage the groovesfor longitudinally of the rod member' to move the clamping member intoclamping relation with respect tothe mop fabric. l

Intestiinony whereof I affix my signature.

ALEXANDER MASZGZYK`-`

